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Scholarship application information and posters for the Assistance League of Bellingham’s 2026 Summer Enrichment Scholarship Program are being delivered to all Whatcom County public middle and high ...

Portland, OR junkbox blues duo, Hillstomp, toured through the Wild Buffalo in April. Photo by Kenneth Kearney Photography. If you love rock, hip hop, jazz, blues, soul, folk, or classical, Whatcom ...

In Bellingham, passersby don’t have to look far to find sculptures, murals, or other art that enliven our cityscape. In addition to many businesses commissioning local artists, public parks and ...

Harold Niven has lived across the street from the FireHouse Arts and Events Center for almost 20 years. Long enough, that is to say, to have watched it transform from a working fire station to the ...

Throughout Bellingham’s history, commerce has stayed strong in the downtown area even as Interstate 5 pointed away from it. The city has seen a tug-of-war, much like the rest of the country: early ...

Ghost towns have long bewitched thrill-seekers. Monuments to timeless yet transitory industries of mining, logging, and fishing, Washington’s own ghost towns communicate history beyond words—and ...

For many of her songs, Bellingham songwriter and guitarist Tracy Spring draws upon her travels exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with her dad-and-uncle outdoor photographers Bob and Ira ...

Before becoming part of Bellingham, Fairhaven grew up along railway lines. The town boomed with the region’s industries — fishing, lumber, and mining — into the 1870s, seeking the Northern Pacific ...

As you drive north on Boulevard from Fairhaven to Bellingham, the road passes a roundabout and leads up a gentle hill. Here, it becomes North Forest Street and curves along the base of a retaining ...

Whatcom Community College has developed most of its sculptures through the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places program.

Today, Bellingham’s PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is a 253-bed hospital offering comprehensive regional healthcare and employing more than 2,500 people. But more than 120 years ago, the ...